How do I transfer imovie projects done on OS 10.4 to 10.8?

My 2000 mac mini fried and I am now trying to transfer imovie projects done in OS 10.4 to Mountain Lion. The projects have the .imovieproj  tag and I can see the files in the finder but the new imovies won't let me select and open them.
Help would be appreciated.
Also, I have old idvd projects that I assume are now useless on the new maching, any thoughts?
Thank you.

Sorry, my mistake it was a 2005 mac mini not 2000, it just seems like forever.

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